News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-02-17
NOFABLE CURRENT EVENTS.
Incidents of Events Taking Place ThrOugh-
out the Country

the envy of his comrades because he
owns a dog that will draw his tObOggar
up to the top of the slide, and, not only
that, will get ON and ride down alone
if permitted.
AN indianapolis family were troubled
with diphtheria for several weeks
During the illness of the children they
played much with pet parrot, which
they handled considerably. After they
got we'll the bird became i'll, and in a
few days died, showing all the symp
toms of diphtheria.
A VETERAN Maine school teacher re
members a school in which he had seven
vulgar, profane and vicious boys, whose
aim in life seemed to be to torment the
teacher. This teacher recently visited
the State prison in ThomastOn and found
three of those boys there. Four others
are in the reform school.
DR.. o. F. PAINE, of Brunswick, Me-,
who died last week, had charges on his
books for medical services amounting to
nearly 50. 600 against the French opera
tives in the cotton factory. Expressing
a fear that they might be disturbed if
payment was enforced, he ordered his
account books committed to the flames,
and it was done IN his presence.
JOHN PURYEAR, colored man OF
| Clarke county, Georgia, had two daugh-
tiers about to marry He wanted to give
each dover, but he was poor in every
thing except children, so he gave the
young women the use of these, and at
the double wedding presented papers
showing that four young Puryears two
to each bride, were legally bound to
their sisters until they should come OF
age.
THE late Commodore Vanderbilt was
one of the strongest men we ever knew,
and yet he labored under the delusiOn
that a clairvoyant whom he had once
met was able to tell from the mere in
| spection of lock of hair the trouble
that the owner of the hair suffered from.
We repeatedly heard him avow his be-
lief in this clairvoyant, and knewhim
once to send a member of Congress to
! her for treatment. So says Bonner of the
N. \. Ledger.
"SAY, did you ever try to smoke as
you slid down a tOboggan slide" asked
an Elmira young man whose friends
were inquiriug why he had sacrificed mis-
elegant Inustache. NO" was the an
swer of all, "but what has that to do
with cutting of your mustache?"
Everything, my dear boys. / tried to
smoke, but rushing through the air so
fast famed the cigar into a blaze, and
you see the result. There was hardly
enough left for the barber"
SOME time ago one hundred farmers OF
Knox county, Ohio, began a big rat
hunt. They divided into two bands of
fifty each, with captains agreeing that
the side producing the most rat tails at
the end of six weeks should eat a good
dinner at the expense of the other side
The result was that Captain LEROY Blues
party produced s. S57 rat tails and /, 707
mice, and Capt. William GordOn's fol-
lowers came in with 9, SS6 rat tails and
1872 mice, making a grand total of 8,S42
rats and ., 489 mice slaughtered.
A NIGHT or two ago a Nyack man
stepped outside of his door for mo
ment, in obedience to the request of his
wife, to bring the cat in for the night
the animal being usually k pit in the
cellar. He picked up what he supposed
and laid it down. The family shrank
back in alright when they saw the
strange looking animal, and made
preparations to leave. What the Com
modore thought was a cat proved to be
an Opossum of good size.
IT appears from some statistics which
have just been given to the public that
what are known as Irregular Baptists"
do not include by any means those who
practice immersion in the Uni ed States.
OF the Irregular Baptists' there are
2,572, 23S. OF the others there are l.,
22S, 700, including Disciples, $50, 900;
Anti Mission Baptists, A., 900; 'Freewill
Baptists, n, 929; Seventh Day Baptists,
1851; Six Principle Baptists, 2,1S9;
Winebrennarians, $1,000; Second Ad
vents, 100, and Thinkers, 100, 900.
AMELIA WORMS, the leader of the
gang in the mountains of Tennessee,
charged with the murder of the Poo
family of eight persons, is described as
q thorough Amazon, of naturally large
and powerful frame. Her life of hard
ship and exposure has rendered her
even more masculine, and her every
muscle is developed like q prize fight.
er's. She is noted for her great strength
and courage and even the hardy noun
taineers were greatly afraid of her. In
spite of all this, however, she is said to
be not unattractive and has a fairly
pleasant face.
AN Auburn lady tells this about Ros.
coe Conkling: zone day when Roscoe
was visiting my fathers family the horse
and sulky were brought up to the door,
and my father was just getting ready to
start out for a ride among his patients.
Young Roscoe thought he would get
some life out of the old horse, took a
pin and stuck it in his launches, when
the usually staid animal suddenly gave
Il kick and hit Roscoe a severe blow on
his forehead, cutting cash that to this
day leaves a scar OF his brow And
this is why the ex Senator permits a
little curl to drop over it"
The ivc-year- old terror of Salt Lake
City was put to bed the other night by
his alarme mamma with a sore throat,
a heavy fever, and other decided symp-
toms of diphtheria. At daybreak next
morning the parents were awakened bv
the sound of patter of pair of small
feet gong down the stairs. The mother
arose and to her horror saw her sick
child in his night gown just opening the
front door and gazing out into the
freezing gray dawn. ''For Heavens
sake, child, she exclaimed, "what are
you up too Its all right. mamma"
he sang cheerfulIy back. ut amt diph-
theriai there's 70 yellow flag out"
A SALOON KEEPER IN Point Pleasant, |
W. Va, gives notice in the local news |
paper that he has paid $217 for license
to sell intoxicating liquors. He adds: |
''Now, if any wife has a druakard for q |
husband, or if any man has friend who |
is dissipated, | say emphatlcally, give |
me notice, and all such persons shall be |
excluded from my place. Let mothers, |
fathers, sisters and brothers do like |
wise, and their requests shall be needed. |
| wish it to be distinctly understood |
that | Will not sell whiskev or other |
liquors to minors, drunkards, or to the |
poor and destitute will not take their |
money. Let them use it where it will |
do the most good"
FARMER Coz Coolies hired man went |
into the farm barn, near GreenvilIe, n. |
Y, to put the harness on Mr.. Coolies |
$500 Hambletonian road horse. He was
STOPPING down to buckle the belly band,
when the horse suddenly reared on its |
bind legs, fell over in the stall and died |
instantly. At the same time the hired |
man heard the report of gun, and,
running out of the barn, saw his employ |
er's eleven-year-old son George standing |
in the yard with his fathers rifle in his |
hands. He had taken the gun from its
place in the house, and thought it wo Id |